During the early 1980s, the holy trinity of alt-rock out of the United Kingdom comprised U2, which hails from Ireland, Big Country from Scotland and the Alarm from Wales. Each of the then-emerging ...

March 17 is St. Patrick's Day and whatever your annual tradition is, searching for a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow might be on the list. Unfortunately, while you're unlikely discover a hidden ...

Folk legends Don McLean and The Dubliners will both be given Lifetime Achievement Awards at BBC Radio 2's Folk Awards 2012, to be broadcast live on Radio 2 on Wednesday 8th February. Presenter Mike ...

“Banjo” Barney McKenna, the last original member of Irish folk band the Dubliners, died Thursday, April 5, while having a morning cup of tea with a friend. He was 72 and had just marked his 50th year ...

To some listeners, Irish folk music suggests a vista of the Wee Folk prancing in a Donegal sunrise, described in the sad sweet tones of John McCormack. But Ireland is currently in the middle of a folk ...

One was a rock band that got songs on the radio without Celtic music. The other was the Irish band doing covers no one else had done on songs people heard as acoustic, folk ballads to that point. We ...

Everyone from The Dubliners to Denise Chaila makes an appearance in this succinct yet wide-ranging playlist of Irish music from Oprah Magazine. In a 2021 piece for Oprah Magazine, culture and music ...

The influential careers of singer-songwriter Don McLean and Irish folk legends The Dubliners were celebrated last night (Wednesday 8 February) at the 13th BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Presented by Radio 2 ...